ಮಗ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ.

ನನ್ನ ಹರೆಯದ ಮಗ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ
ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕಾ ಅಪ್ಪ ಲೆಕ್ಕ?"
ಏನುಪಯೋಗ,
ಎರಡು ತುಣುಕು ರೊಟ್ಟಿ
ಒಂದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚೆಂದು ಅರಿಯಲೇನು?
ಅದನು ಬದುಕೇ ಬಿಡದೆ ಕಲಿಸದೇನು?

ನನ್ನ ಹರೆಯದ ಮಗ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ
ಕಲಿಯಲೇನು ಕನ್ನಡವನು ನಾನು?
ಏನುಪಯೋಗ,
ಭಾಷೆ ಮರೆತ ಆಡಳಿತ ಇರುವಾಗ
ಉದುರಿಸಿ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷಿನ ಅಣಿಮುತ್ತು
ಕರಜೋಡಿಸಿ ನಿಂತರೆ ಸಾಕಾಗುವ ಹೊತ್ತು
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲಿತೇನು ಬಂತು?

ಹರೆಯದ ಮಗ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ
ಅರಿಯಬೇಕೇನು ನಮ್ಮ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನು?
ಏನುಪಯೋಗ
ನೆಲದೊಳಗೆ ತೂರಿಸಿ ತಲೆ
ಬಾಳುವುದೊಂದು ಹಿರಿಯ ಕಲೆ
ಅಷ್ಟಿದ್ದರೇ ಸಾಕಲ್ಲವೇ?

ನಾನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ..
ಹೌದು ಮಗೂ.. ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕು
ಭಾಷೆ ಅರಿಯಬೇಕು, ಇತಿಹಾಸ ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು.
ಬ್ರೆಕ್ಟ್ ಕವಿಯ  " My young son asks me.. "    ಪದ್ಯದ  ಭಾವಾನುವಾದ. ಮೂಲ ಕೆಳಗಿನಂತೆ.



My young son asks me: Should I learn Mathematics?
What for? I feel like saying. That two bits of bread are more than one
You'll see that anyway.
My young son asks me: Should I learn French?
What for? I feel like saying. This Reich is going under.
Just rub your hand across your belly and groan
And you'll be understood.
My young son asks me: Should I learn history?
What for? I feel like saying. Learn to stick your head in the ground
Then maybe you'll come through.

Yes, learn mathematics, I say, learn French, learn history!

Installing Linux mint on Asus eeepc 1015cx

Why we Chose LinuxMint

I moved away from windows becuase of the license cost involved. Ubuntu was out of choice as the unity interface sucks. We chose Linux Mint because it looks like windows and have a better driver support.
As usual when we choose the latest version and it was linux-mint 14.1

Asus eeepc 1015cx comes without an optical drive. so the first requirement is to make a bootable USB. 

If you have a linux pc it is as simple as follows:

dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/sdb oflag=direct bs=1048576

If you donot have linux pc you can use plenty of tools available for windows OS.

But linuxmint 14.1 with this 1015cx has some issue with graphics and it does not give up a gui

so we changed to linuxmint 13.

Then installation was easy.  Even it took wireless drivers without any problem. But display drivers were at stake.

This was fixed by

apt-cache search cedarview

it listed 3 packages of cederview

apt-get install (all three packages)

viola

Your system is up and running

Now only thing I still need to fix is airtel datacard on it.. Will update soon....